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21 DINEDOR (D.b.)

(O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXIX, N.E., (b)XL, N.W.)

Dinedor is a small parish 2½ m. S.E. of Hereford.
The principal monuments are Rotherwas Chapel and
Dinedor Camp.

Ecclesiastical

b(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew, stands in the
middle of the parish. It was entirely re-built in 1868,
except the West Tower, which is perhaps of the 13th
century. The walls are of rubble with rubble quoins,
all of local sandstone. Some old material has been
re-used in the re-built parts of the church.

Architectural Description—The West Tower (10½ ft.
square) is of two stages with an offset between. It
is finished with a modern pyramidal roof. The tower-arch and all the windows are modern.

b(2). Rotherwas Chapel, stands at the N. end of the
parish. The walls are of rubble with ashlar dressings,
all of local sandstone; the roofs are covered with
slates. The Chapel, consisting of a continuous chancel
and nave and a W. tower, was built, or largely re-built,
in the 16th century, but may incorporate some 14th-century work. The West Tower was re-built in the
18th or 19th century, and the chapel extended towards
the E. in modern times; this extension includes the
apse, N. vestry and S. chapel; the S. and W. porches
are also modern.

The roof is of some interest.

Rotherwas Chapel, Plan

Architectural Description—The Nave (53 ft. by
19¼ ft.) has in the N. wall two windows, the eastern
perhaps of the 14th century and of four trefoiled lights
in a square head with a moulded label; the western
window is of two lights, much restored and perhaps
of 14th-century origin. In the S. wall are two windows
similar to the corresponding windows in the N. wall;
the 16th-century S. doorway has chamfered jambs and
four-centred head.

The West Tower (9¾ ft. by 10½ ft. originally) has been
re-built except for the lower parts of the walls, where
portions of the thicker walls of the earlier building
were retained. The 16th-century doorway in the E.
wall has a segmental head. The W. doorway is modern.

The Roof (Plate 88) of the nave is of late 16th-century date and of four bays with moulded main
timbers, tie-beams supporting side-posts, hammer-beams
on the side-posts with curved braces and secondary
side-posts below the collars; the secondary side-posts
and the middle of the collars have moulded pendants.
On the W. face of the western tie-beam is the inscription "Tho. scd. filius Rogeri Bodenham Arm. natus
fuit anno dm. 1589 Octobris 18."

Condition—Recently restored and now in charge of
H.M. Office of Works.

Secular

b(3). Cottage, about 380 yards E.N.E. of church, is
a 17th-century building of two storeys, timber-framed
and plastered with some brick nogging; the roof is
covered with corrugated iron.

Condition—Fairly good.

b(4). Cottage, 100 yards N. of church, is of late
17th-century date. It is of two storeys, timber-framed
and plastered, on stone foundations; the roof is
covered with corrugated iron.

Condition—Good.

b(5). Cottage, about ¼ m. N. of church, is of early
17th-century date. It is of two storeys, timber-framed
and plastered with brick nogging; the roof is covered
with corrugated iron.

Condition—Good.

Oyster Hill, also known as Dinedor Camp

Unclassified

a(6). Oyster Hill or Dinedor Camp, contourcamp, on the top of Dinedor Hill, ¾ m. W.S.W. of the
church, is of elongated oval form, approximately 9½
acres in area internally. The defences consist of a
rampart towards the N.E., 7–14 ft. high above the
internal level, and a scarp (Plate 1) and berm towards
the N.W. and W., which side is further protected by
a steep natural slope; the same slope forms the only
defence on most of the S. side, but towards the E. end
there is a scarp in addition. The entrance is at the
extreme E. end, and outside it are traces of a mound
or bank which may represent the original traverse
covering it.

Condition—Good.

b(7). Earthworks, in field, called Garrison Meadow,
immediately S.W. of the church, consist of a series of
slight banks and ditches and two sinkings divided by
a bank. They perhaps represent a village site.